The Rio de Janeiro Boulevard runs
along the edge of the Guaire River between the Vera Cruz and Las
Mercedes bridges. The competition proposal attempts to improve the
pedestrian functions of the boulevard by increasing areas of public
space, creating better infrastructure for public transportation and
bycicles as alternative mobility methods in the city.

The boulevard is segmented with
five intersections that result from the perpendicular streets that
end in the Rio de Janeiro Avenue. The project recognizes these
points by leveling all pavements to one level that can be unified
into plazas and open spaces on Sundays when the street is closed
for runners, walkers and people on bicycles. They have been
assigned specific programs and names: Water plaza, Skate plaza,
Flowers plaza, Gastronomy plaza and Rio de Janeiro plaza.

Rain water is collected into an
open channel and taken to a filtration system so that it can be
reused for the fountains dispersed along the boulevard for children
to play with. They maintain a small flow of running water when it
is not raining. Water retention channels with vegetation along the
edge of the street receive rain water and reduce its speed before
slowly letting it flow into the Guaire River, as a way of reducing
the chances for flash flooding.